PASSIVITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does passivity mean?
• PASSIVITY (noun)
The noun PASSIVITY has 2 senses:
1. the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
2. submission to others or to outside influences
Familiarity information: PASSIVITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PASSIVITY (noun)
Meaning:
The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
passivity; passiveness
Hypernyms ("passivity" is a kind of...):
inactiveness; inactivity; inertia (a disposition to remain inactive or inert)
Attribute:
inactive; passive (lacking in energy or will)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passivity"):
apathy; indifference; numbness; spiritlessness (the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally)
listlessness; torpidity; torpidness; torpor (inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy)
Meaning:
Submission to others or to outside influences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
passiveness; passivity
Hypernyms ("passivity" is a kind of...):
submissiveness (the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.)
